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CTV News
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Video shows alleged impaired driver fleeing from police in Oshawa
A suspected impaired driver evading police in Durham region is captured in this chopper video. A 43-year-old man is facing 'numerous charges,' including impaired driving, after police say he was caught on video fleeing from officers in Oshawa. According to police, members of the Durham Regional Police Service's tactical support unit were heading east on Highway 401 when they observed a motorist 'driving erratically.' A traffic stop was attempted but the driver exited the highway, fleeing north on Stevenson Road South, police said. Video captured from a police helicopter shows the driver leaving the roadway and coming to a stop in a nearby green space in the area of Simcoe Street South and Valley Drive. The driver is then seen leaving the vehicle and fleeing on foot. 'Air1 was able to provide his location to officers on the ground and he was taken into custody,' police said in a news release. The man has been charged with impaired operation of a conveyance, dangerous operation of a motor-vehicle, failing to stop for police, and operation while prohibited, police said.
CTV News
6 days ago
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- CTV News
Impaired ‘N' driver caught speeding 174 km/h on Vancouver Island highway: police
A Saanich Police motorcycle is seen in this image handed out by the department. Saanich Police say they caught a new driver speeding excessively on Pat Bay Highway in the early hours of Thursday morning. Just before 3 a.m., a patrol officer's laser readings showed the vehicle was travelling 174 km/h in an 80 km/h zone, in the 4000 block of the highway. Police say the driver didn't stop and continued to speed south before turning off at Vernon Avenue. 'Our officer did not pursue the vehicle but did circulate through the Carey Road area and located the vehicle parked on a dead-end side street,' a Friday news release from the Saanich Police Department reads. 'The driver was ordered out of the vehicle and taken into custody.' The driver was also impaired and failed a breath test, police allege. He was handed a 90-day driving prohibition and had his vehicle impounded for 30 days, according to police. The driver also received tickets for failing to display an 'N' decal and for excessive speeding. He was later released from custody and the department says it will recommend criminal charges of flight from police and impaired driving.
CBS News
29-05-2025
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- CBS News
Charges dismissed against ex-Michigan State Police sergeant in man's death
Charges against a former Michigan State Police detective sergeant have been dismissed in connection with the death of Samuel Sterling. Former Detective Sgt. Brian Keely, of Grand Rapids, was charged with second-degree murder or, alternatively, involuntary manslaughter for allegedly hitting Sterling with his vehicle during a police chase in April 2024. Sterling was taken to the hospital, where he died from his injuries. One month after the incident, Attorney General Dana Nessel announced the charges, saying they came after reviewing reports, bodycam footage and surveillance videos. However, on Wednesday, Chief Judge Hala Jarbou of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan ruled in the dismissal, citing the Supremacy Clause of the U.S. Constitution, according to a news release. According to the AG's office, the clause protects federal officers from state prosecution "so long as their actions were no more than were necessary and proper." Officials say the case was sent to federal court after Jarbou ruled that Keely was working as a federal officer on behalf of the U.S. Marshals at the time of the incident. Nessel argued that while Keely worked under a federal agency, he remained a state police officer. AG Nessel's full statement on case dismissal "My Department issued these charges based on the facts and evidence in this case. After a thorough review of the extensive evidence before a state district court, this case was bound over for trial based on a judge's finding of probable cause that Keely illegally ended the life of Samuel Sterling. I stand by our arguments in that court, as well as those before the federal judge, that Keely was not acting reasonably under the circumstances, nor as a federal officer in a manner consistent with federal immunity from state prosecution. "I am disappointed that the case's transfer to federal court ultimately resulted in its dismissal and am deeply concerned with the precedent it sets—that individuals deemed federal officers by federal authorities can commit lethal crimes against Michigan residents with impunity. Such a precedent is dangerous and fundamentally undermines the principles of justice and accountability our legal system is meant to uphold. Regrettably, the circumstances of the killing of Samuel Sterling were never presented to a jury. No one should be above the law, and my office remains committed to ensuring those who break it are held accountable. "I am grateful for the determined, persistent work of my team on this difficult case and my heart breaks for the loved ones left behind by Mr. Sterling and the community who mourns him. This outcome is nothing short of a miscarriage of justice and my Department is considering our next steps." Sterling's family filed a lawsuit in January 2025, claiming the incident highlights "systemic law enforcement failures." In a statement on Wednesday, attorney Ven Johnson, representing the family, said, "We are deeply disappointed by the court's decision to dismiss the criminal charges against Sgt. Brian Keely. It sends a troubling message that a police officer can run over an unarmed man and avoid facing a criminal jury. "Let me be clear: while this criminal case has been dismissed, our fight for civil justice is not. This only strengthens the resolve of my co-counsel, Ben Crump, and me to pursue every legal avenue in our civil case to hold Keely and all others involved accountable for the preventable death of Samuel Sterling. Samuel's family deserves answers and justice, and we will not stop until they get both." The video above previously aired on Jan. 24, 2025.
BBC News
09-05-2025
- BBC News
Footage shows van driver ramming police cars in Mansfield
Police footage shows the moment a van driver rammed into cars as he made his getaway from Barnes ran red lights, drove on the wrong side of the road, and sped anti-clockwise around a roundabout in Mansfield, 40-year-old's driving was so erratic and dangerous that pursuing police decided to abort their chase, Nottinghamshire Police Wednesday at Nottingham Crown Court, Barnes, of Vale Road, Mansfield Woodhouse, received a 15-month prison sentence, suspended for two years, for dangerous driving. His passenger Laura Tomlinson, 39, also of Vale Road, was found guilty of being carried in a vehicle without the owner's consent, and was given a community order requiring her to participate in drug said they had received reports the van had been taken without the owner's Ford Transit was spotted travelling towards Mansfield Woodhouse at about 09:30 BST on 2 June accelerated away from police, leaving a "trail of broken wing mirrors in his wake", police van was left with a damaged door flapping as Barnes hit police cars and other vehicles. After police called off their chase, the smashed-up van was abandoned in Edale Road, Mansfield, and Barnes and Tomlinson were found in a locked storeroom in a nearby block of Rachel Evans said Barnes' driving was "completely unacceptable" and "put everyone else on the roads in danger".
CBS News
09-05-2025
- CBS News
Video shows Kia skirting past Minneapolis squad car, police defend decision not to pursue
Teens in stolen cars are trying to bait police officers into a chase, officials say Teens in stolen cars are trying to bait police officers into a chase, officials say Teens in stolen cars are trying to bait police officers into a chase, officials say Minneapolis police say teenagers are taunting them after a dangerous driver was seen ripping down a street in broad daylight right by a squad car. In a video viewed thousands of times online, what appears to be a stolen Kia SUV whips and turns down Uptown's Lyndale Avenue, just before 7 a.m. Tuesday morning. Paul Hagen of Hagen's Auto Body had a front row seat. "The first thing that I thought about was to protect myself of course. I was near the entrance, the door, and stayed there just in case he lost control — I could jump in the building. It's brick. I could be safe," said Hagen. A block away, and moments later, the car stops in front of a Minneapolis police squad car and speeds away. On Thursday, Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara defended the decision not to chase the car, saying despite an effort to bait police in pursuit, policy says not to. "If a vehicle is simply stolen, there's no force, violence or gun involved, police are not allowed to chase stolen cars. Period," said O'Hara. Down the street, flower bar owner Andrea Corbin says she's called and emailed city leaders with countless concerns, well before this week. "Something needs to give. We can't continue operating like this. It's not right and it's not fair. It's not fair to everyone who lives in this city," Corbin said. Minneapolis police data says both car thefts and carjackings are down from this time last year.
